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Careers Provision 

Careers Lead

Mrs Antwi - Careers Lead

Telephone: 01707 650702 ext 266

Email: antwis@chancellors.herts.sch.uk

At Chancellor’s, our careers programme is embedded into all stages of a student’s academic journey. We work in accordance with the Gatsby Benchmarks and aim to give all of our students the best possible chance to succeed in their future careers.

The majority of our students choose to follow the route of Sixth Form before moving onto Higher Education, with many of those applying to university looking to attend a Russell Group institution. However, there are many different paths into the world of work and we ensure that we prepare all students for their next steps. Apprenticeships, Degree Apprenticeships and Further Education at local colleges all feature within the programme for Careers provision at Chancellor’s.

The Gatsby Benchmarks

The purpose of the Gatsby Benchmarks was to help students to look beyond the classroom and understand enough about the work of work to know what skills they would need to succeed. Good career guidance, according to the Benchmarks, helps students to make informed decisions about their futures. At Chancellor’s we fully embrace this approach to careers guidance. Further detail can be found here Good Career Guidance - The Benchmarks

Who we work with:

Services For Young People

We work closely with Services for Young People to provide all students with personalised careers guidance.

Services for Young People provides youth work projects and programmes, information, advice, guidance, work related learning, outdoor education and support for young people aged 13-19 (to 24 for young people with learning disabilities).

For young people leaving care, support is provided to the age of 21.

Services For Young People

A Personal Adviser is available for appointments at school every Wednesday for impartial information, advice and guidance, supporting futures, options and next steps.

Appointments can be requested via Form Tutors or Head of Year.

Drop in sessions are also available on a Wednesday lunchtime.

Services for Young People also assist us with our work experience provision for Year 10 and Sixth Form students. Further information and the Own Placement Form can be found here:

The Careers and Enterprise Company

The Enterprise Adviser Network – programme. This is a free provision managed locally by Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership to support us to achieve all 8 Gatsby Benchmarks by August 2020 – a target set by Department for Education in their Careers Strategy (Dec 2017). We have been matched with David Brewer of the NHS to help us to work towards the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks. Meetings take place on a regular basis to discuss progress.

Further information about The Careers and Enterprise Company can be found here: Careers and Enterprise

Careers Programme

A number of events, integrated into the school careers programme, will offer providers an opportunity to come into the school to speak to students and/or their parents/carers:

 

Autumn Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

Year 7

 

National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) & National Careers Week (NCW) Focus

Work Shadowing Day

Year 8

National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) & National Careers Week (NCW) Focus

Unifrog

How to Thrive (Future Planning)

Student Services

 

Fast Tomato (Career Guidance)

First Aid NHS Training

Year 9

National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) & National Careers Week (NCW) Focus

Unifrog

 

Options evening

 

 

Subject Taster Assemblies

Work Experience Launch

 

Hertfordshire Skills Framework Session

 

 

Careers Day Bespoke Employer Talks

 

Year 10

National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) & National Careers Week (NCW) Focus

Unifrog

Access to a Careers Advisor

 

Careers Day Bespoke Employer Talks

Mock Interviews

 

Labour Market Information input session

Work Experience Week

 

Generation Hertsmere Careers Fair

Generation WelHat Careers Fair

 

Year 11

National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) & National Careers Week (NCW) Focus

Unifrog

Access to a Careers Advisor

Alternative Post-16 Library Resources

Careers Assemblies (University, College, STEM Careers, Apprenticeships and NCS)

ELSA Careers Day (Bespoke talks and workshops from employers and apprenticeship providers leading to individual work placements)

Sixth Form Sign Up Interview (August)

Sixth Form Open Evening and Subject Taster Sessions

Sixth Form Application interview to discuss pathway

Sixth Form Induction Day (Discussion on how to organise Work Experience)

Generation Hertsmere Careers Fair

Bespoke small group individualised provision

 

Year 12

NAW & NCW Focus

Unifrog

Access to a Careers Advisor

University and Alternative Further Education Library Resources

Registration Careers Input (University Open Days, Apprenticeships, Summer Schools, Taster Days)

Visiting Professionals from industry (small group bespoke sessions)

Russell Group raising aspirations group mentoring

Signposting to webinars, work experience and other opportunities

Learn to Live Performance and Seminar

First Aid Training

UCAS Day (Understanding the application process)

Year 13

National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) & National Careers Week (NCW) Focus

Unifrog

Access to a Careers Advisor

University and Alternative Further Education Library Resources

Registration Careers Input (University Open Days, Apprenticeships, Summer Schools, Taster Days)

Signposting to webinars, work experience and other opportunities

Visiting Professionals from industry (small group bespoke sessions)

Russell Group raising aspirations group mentoring

Oxbridge, University and Work Interview Preparation

 

 

Various ad hoc events will be ongoing.

 

The school’s next review of the information published is February 2023.

Useful Links

Sixth Form - Work Experience Template Email

Careers Planning

www.hopinto.co.uk - Employment and other opportunities in Hertfordshire

www.icould.com - Short videos of people in work

www.careersbox.co.uk - Short videos of people in work

www.stepintothenhs.nhs.uk - Information about careers in the NHS

www.futuremorph.org - Careers in science and maths

www.getintoteaching.education.gov.uk - Careers in education

www.nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/home - Careers information and research tool

www.allaboutcareers.com - Careers information and research tool

University

www.ucas.com - University research tool and applications

www.russelgroup.ac.uk - Top 24 Universities in the UK

www.gov.uk/student-finance - Student Finance information

Apprenticeships

www.apprenticeships.gov.uk - Apprenticeship information

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Apprenticeship research and application

www.amazingapprenticeships.com - Apprenticeship information and talks

Parent Guide to Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship Information - Parent Pack